This book discusses the physical phases of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) in ordinary environments, as well as in extreme environments with high temperatures and high baryon numbers. Under such extreme conditions, new phases are thought to exist: the quark-gluon plasma and color superconductivity. After introducing lattice gauge theory, John Kogut and Mikhail Stephanov emphasize the application of QCD to the study of matter in extreme environments through a host of methods. These include lattice gauge theory, lower dimensional model field theories and effective Lagrangians.

This volume explores the primordial state of hadronic matter called quark-gluon plasma. It covers the ongoing search to verify the prediction experimentally and discusses the physical properties of this novel form of matter. This 2002 title has been reissued as an Open Access publication on Cambridge Core.

This 2014 text reviews the major developments in the design and operation of gaseous radiation detectors. Including examples of applications, it is a valuable reference for researchers and experimentalists in nuclear and particle physics. It has been reissued as an Open Access publication on Cambridge Core.

This book is dedicated to high energy quantum chromodynamics including parton saturation and the color glass condensate. It presents groundbreaking progress on the subject and describes many problems at the forefront of research. This title, first published in 2012, has been reissued as an Open Access publication on Cambridge Core.

This volume derives from a graduate lecture course delivered by Vladimir Gribov, one of the founding fathers of high-energy elementary particle physics, in the 1970s. Covering a combination of topics not treated elsewhere, this 2008 title has been reissued as an Open Access publication on Cambridge Core.

This 2004 book, reissued as OA, provides a pedagogical introduction to the perturbative and non-perturbative aspects of quantum chromodynamics (QCD). It will be a valuable reference for graduate students and researchers in high-energy particle and nuclear physics, both theoretical and experimental.

This 2001 book examines the motivation for electron scattering and develops the theoretical analysis of the process. It discusses our understanding of the underlying structure of nuclei and nucleons, and summarizes experimental electron scattering capabilities. This title has been reissued as an Open Access publication on Cambridge Core.